For a while, everyone turned back. Looking at the person who spoke, with a long face, a tall figure, and a man in his fifties, it turned out that it was none other than Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Cooking Pot who was nicknamed "Counting the Sky".

Zhang Lianqi:

"You have also seen that there is only a difference of two votes between our north pot wine and the south pot wine. Since there is a difference of two votes, it is not far behind in purity and taste. But we also have a big advantage of North Burning Pot Wine, that is, we don't get drunk no matter how much we drink. This is also the foundation of our North Burning Pot for many years. When the rules of the competition were agreed, I asked to add an item about drinking, but the governor disagreed. Now that the game is over and the results are in, I won't say anything more. But even if it's a competition, it's all about the word "fairness", so,"

Zhang Lianqi stopped, glanced around at everyone, and then said:

"Today, I also want to take advantage of this competition to say a fair word for our North Pot. It's not fair, since it's about the same in purity and taste, I want to take the North Pot Wine and the South Pot Wine, which won the first place, to drink one-on-one to see which of our North Pot Wine or South Pot Wine makes people drink more pleasantly. ”

After saying that, he said:

"I don't have to drink with others, I just want to drink one-on-one with Zhang Shuting, drink each other's wine, and see who will lose first?"

After speaking, he glanced at the county governor Wang Qintang who was standing aside. Immediately afterwards, he hugged his fist at Governor Wang and said:

"I wonder if Governor Wang can agree to this proposal?"

Wang Qintang once studied in Japan, and when he was in Japan, he also saw wandering drunks everywhere on the streets of Japan, which was disgusting. Wang Qintang was originally against people drinking too much, and when he formulated the rules of the competition, he remembered that Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Burning Pot, mentioned drinking in the competition, but he refused on the spot. But when I heard it, I also felt that what Zhang Lianqi said was reasonable, and I thought that since it was a competition, I would ask for fairness and convincing everyone, so I couldn't help but look at Zhang Shuting not far away.

When Zhang Shuting saw it, he also understood the meaning of the governor, and he also knew that Zhang Lianqi felt uncomfortable when he saw that the south pot won the first place, and he knew that the purity of the south pot wine was high, if he drank the north pot wine, he could drink three bowls, and he could only drink one bowl of the south pot wine. Needless to say, this is Zhang Lianqi wanting to show his ugliness in front of everyone. After thinking about it like this, Zhang Shuting rushed to Wang Qintang, and also hugged Zhang Lianqi and said:

"Well said! Since Brother Zhang proposed, the younger brother is willing to accompany him! ”

Although Zhang Lianqi is more than ten years older than Zhang Shuting, in terms of generation, the two are still of the same generation, and Zhang Shuting should call Zhang Lianqi brother.

"Good! Brother Zhang is happy! Hearing Zhang Shuting's promise, he clapped his palms and said.

After that, he looked at Wang Qintang again, and when Wang Qintang saw that Zhang Shuting agreed, it was inconvenient to object, so he said:

"Since Zhang Shuting also agreed, let's compare!"

When Zhang Lianqi saw it, he hurriedly hugged his fists at everyone and said: "Then our brothers will make a fool of themselves in front of everyone!" Whoever drinks first will be happy for this wine competition! ”

While he was talking, someone had already moved the two wine jars from another room back to the council chamber. Immediately afterwards, he saw that five large bowls were placed in front of each person, and very quickly, each large bowl was filled with wine from their respective jars.

A sea bowl can hold a pound of wine, and a bowl of five seas is five pounds of wine. This has to be drunk in the stomach, and it does take a small amount. But at this moment, I saw the public man who presided over the competition, and stepped forward and said:

"The two owners, I started shouting, the two owners started drinking, whoever declares first that they can't drink will lose, how about it?"

Zhang Lianqi and Zhang Shuting both nodded. Immediately afterwards, as the duke shouted, Zhang Lianqi and Zhang Shuting also picked up the sea bowl and drank at the same time.

After drinking the first sea bowl, then pick up the second sea bowl and drink. In the blink of an eye, each person drank the bowl of Sanhai. When the Fourth Sea Bowl was served, not only Zhang Shuting, but even Zhang Lianqi's swallowing speed began to slow down. Not only was it slow, but it was originally drunk standing up, but now it was also drunk when I sat down.

As they spoke, the fourth bowl of wine was also drunk into their stomachs. When the fifth bowl of wine was served, they found that their hands were trembling with each other's bowls, not only were their hands trembling, but Zhang Shuting's face was white, but it also became even whiter at this time. Looking at Zhang Lianqi again, it is not much better.

But Zhang Shuting glanced at Zhang Lianqi and saw that he was drinking slowly, without saying anything, he also closed his eyes and "squeaked" to speed up and drink. In the council room, which had long been silent, only the "squeak" of their drinking was heard, and in the silence, it sounded like two rats biting a fight in the middle of the night.

In the end, even Zhang Shuting himself didn't know how many bowls he had drunk. Zhang Shuting only remembered that it was probably when he drank the seventh sea bowl, and his consciousness began to become blurred. Not only did consciousness begin to become blurry, but also numbness and trembling hands and feet. Looking at the front of him again, at first, he could still see the wine jar and table in front of him, and he could see the crowd around him, but gradually, his eyes could only see the sea bowl and the wine in the bowl, and everything else was vaguely invisible or audible.

However, at this time, Zhang Shuting's heart was still clear, although his throat was numb, and every time he swallowed a sip of wine, it was as if he was going to swallow a stone, which made it difficult for him to swallow. But he still persevered, swallowing little by little. And in the feeling, there is no longer the mellow and fragrant feeling of the pot wine that Runquanyong burns, only a fire that seems to burn straight down from the throat. And in his stomach, there is also such a fire, which is about to scorch his internal organs and six lungs.

It seems that every time I drink a bowl, I am ignorant, as if I heard someone ask, and it seems that it is not a voice:

"How? Zhang Dongjia, okay? ”

"If it doesn't work, let's stop!"

"You can't joke with your life, Zhang Dongjia!"

It feels like these voices are in my ears, but when I hear them, they seem to be far away, and those that are far away seem to come from the sky. Zhang Shuting wanted to shake his head, indicating that he could still drink. But he didn't dare. His head also sank more like a mountain pressed on top of his head, and if he moved slightly, he might plunge headlong into the ground.

But Zhang Shuting knew that he was still swallowing little by little, although with every swallow, he felt that the fire on his body was burning a little more, not only did he feel that the fire on his body was a little stronger, but his head was also bigger, and he felt that he couldn't support it. But in his heart, there is still a small piece that is still sober, although it is just a small piece of sobriety, and it is beginning to get smaller and smaller, but it can still support him to drink until Zhang Lianqi shouts "stop". Otherwise, it is to drink to death, and you can't lose to Zhang Lianqi.